Fire-escape.



S. ODGERS & P. LA Pli-IRRE. FIRE ESCAPE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 13. I917 1 ,277, 339, Patented Aug. '27, 1918.

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FIRE-ESCAPE. 1 I

v Specification of Letters'Patent. Patented Aug, 2'7, 1918.

Application filed October 13, 1917. Seria1 No.19.6, 443.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, SAMUEL PETER LA PIERRE, citizens of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the countyv of Jacksonand State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fire-Escapes, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in fire escapes, andfthe principal object of the invention is to 'provide'a car or receptacle with means for lowering the same, and means for controlling the lowering means by the person within the car.

' Another object of the invention is to provide a box within the room for containing the parts of the apparatus when not in use with means for attaching the supporting bar permanently to said box.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel form of car or receptacle which will conveniently support a person therein and one which may be folded so it will occupy but a little space when in the box.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which is simple anddurable in construction, reliable and efficient in operation and one which can be manufactured and placed upon the market at a minimum cost.

The invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claims. 7

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and inwhich:

Figure 1 is an elevation of a building showing my invention applied thereto.

Fig. 2 i'sa sectional view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view through the safety or operating pulleys.

Fig. 4 is an end view of the brake mechanism.

In these drawings 1 indicates the box located within the room adjacent the window, and this box is adapted to receive the parts of the apparatus when the same is not in -use. 2 indicates a beam having its Queens and inner end suitably connected with the box, as by means of the flexible connection 3, and said beam, when the apparatusis being used, is adapted to lie across the window sill with its free end projecting beyond the same, This beam is provided witha'bent strap 4, forming a hand-hold and'having one part projecting beyond the beamand provided with an-enlargement 5 which bears against the outer part of the window sill.

The freeend of the beam is provided with" a ring which is to receive the pulley 6 through which the cable 7 isto pass. The car or receptacle indicated by the numeral 8 has its upper part formed cylindrical in shape and preferably of a suitable metal. The-bottom of the car is provided with an opening 10, the remaining portion 9 of said bottom serving as a seat, and a flexible member 11, preferably formed of canvas, is secured around said opening and forms an extension tothe car and-is adapted to receive the feet of a person sitting in the car. The car has secured to its upper edges, a bail 12, preferably made of rope or the like and this bail has secured thereto a pulley 13.

The front of the car has secured thereto a frame work 14 formed of two pieces of metal spaced apart and carrying a pair of pins 15 and 16. A grooved roller 17 is mounted on the upper pin 15 while a double lever 18 is pivoted mid-way of its ends on" the other pin 16. This double lever has journaled therein a grooved roller 19 which is adapted to. co-act with the roller 17 to form a brake for the car. One end of the cable 7 is secured to the bail or a stationary part of the pulley 13 and then said cable passes around the pulley 6 and then downwardly through the sheave of the pulley 13, then through the braking rollers, through the bottom of the car and thence to the ground. If desired said cable may be made i of sufficient length so that it may be carried upwardly again and secured to the bottomthat the car is automatically returned to the Window.

WVhen the device is to be used the car with the rope attached thereto is first re moved from the box and lifted out of the window. This will throw the beam 2 across the window sill in proper position. 7

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features ofmy invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that Imay make slight changes in the construction and inthe'combination and arrangement of the several parts,v provided that vsuch changes fall within the scope of the appended claims, a j

WVhat I claim is i 1. A fire escape comprising a car formed of metal and having anopening in its bottom, a canvas extension surrounding said opening, a supporting beam, a pulley ,on

7 said beam, ,a' cable having one end connected from a window, dropping through the opening-and the canvas extension and straightening the cable.

"2. A fire escape comprising a holding receptacle adjacent the window, a supporting beam mova-bly securedto, said receptacle, a curvedhandgrip connected with said bean'i and having itslower end extended to engage the window-sill 'to hold the beam above the same, a pulley carried by the end of said beam, a cable engaging said pulley, and a car connected with said cable, all of said parts occupying the receptacle when not in use. i r a In testimony whereof we atlix our signae tures.

' SAMUEL ODGERS.

PETERLA PIERRE.

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